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Bailable

Bailable. An arresting process is said to be bailable when bail can be given, and the person arrested may

bailable

bailable 1 : eligible for bail [a provision that all prisoners are before conviction] 2 : appropriate for or

bailiff

bailiff [Anglo-French, steward, king's official, from bail stewardship, custody, handing over see bail ] : an officer of some

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Exoneretur

Exoneretur (that he be discharged), an entry made upon the bail-piece upon render of a defendant to prison in discharge of his bail.

Indictment

at Assizes (see that title) or Quarter Sessions (see SESSIONS OF THE PEACE), or for his admission to bail (see that title), under the Indictable Offences Act, 1848 (11 & 12 Vict. c. 42), before preferring an

Bailable

Having the right or privilege of being admitted to bail upon bond with sureties used of persons

custody

divorce) is made c : official restraint on freedom (as by arrest or imprisonment or by release on bail, personal recognizance, probation, or parole) compare arrest constructive custody : custody of a person (as a parolee) who

Stramineus homo

Stramineus homo, a man of straw, one of no substance, put forward as bail or surety.

bondsman

bondsman : one who accepts responsibility as surety for the obligations of another and esp. for bail

Mainpernor

1. A surety for a prisoner's appearance; one who gives main prise for another. 2. A form of bail taken under a writ of mainprise, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 964.

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